MILLE PIERRE [Jacques Touchet] - Lot 294

MILLE PIERRE [Jacques Touchet] Merveilleuse histoire de Nasr'Eddine Paris, 1924, Editions René Kieffer, in-8 full calf publisher's binding by Kieffer, specially produced for this edition. Cold-stamped boards. 184pp. Edition of 500 copies, this one RESERVE A M. JACQUES DEVILLE ENRICHED WITH AN ORIGINAL AQUARELLE. Numerous illustrations by Jacques Touchet, beautifully stencilled in color. Mahé II-943 / Carteret IV-281 "Sought-after and highly-rated edition". Jacques Deville was a journalist and critic. In particular, he published literary and bibliophilic reviews in L'ami du lettré (Grasset). Unfortunately, the spine of the binding is heavily blackened. Fine original watercolor by Touchet.